Linguistics - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks|  American pronunciation of the word linguistics
Brit.  |lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks|  British pronunciation of the word linguistics

noun

- the scientific study of language
- the humanistic study of language and literature (syn: philology)

Extra examples

If you're interested in linguistics, I know an excellent book on the subject.

An excellent book on the subject of linguistics

...a staunch supporter of grammatical traditionalism, my English teacher didn't care what the experts in linguistics said...

Synchronic linguistics is concerned with the structure of language.

Bloomfield's approach to linguistics was based on observation of the language.

Linguistics is the study of language.

Cartesian linguistics

The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics

She is majoring in linguistics

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